the family of an internet activist to aaron schwartz accuses u.s. prosecutors of being complicit in his suicide after he faced decades behind bars for downloading academic documents for public use. fronts gives assurances its military operation against the mali islamists will be short lived and with warnings the country risks being bogged down in the conflict for far longer than expected. germany is set to persuade the greek opposition that austerity is what it needs that's critics say berlin's trying to please all sides in athens in a further attempt to push through its belt tightening medicine.

thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. today i'm rory sushi with worldwide news live from moscow. the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and overreach that's how the family of the celebrated internet freedom activist erin swartz has described his recent suicide swartz face decades in prison after federal prosecutors allege he illegally downloaded millions of academic papers and planned to distribute them for free we have frequently interviewed mr schwartz and our own marina porter now takes a closer look at the man and his case. he was a computer prodigy an online activists co-founder of the social news website reddit and he was also a frequent guest on our team but twenty six year old aaron swartz was also the

target of a federal computer hacking case and the trial was scheduled to begin next month that beginning will never come because swartz committed suicide inside his seventh floor brooklyn apartment in this building behind me on friday morning according to police he hanged himself and left no know behind and according to reports his girlfriend found him in the bedroom with a belt wrapped around his neck now swartz was arrested and indicted two years ago on allegations of breaching a computer network at the massachusetts institute of technology to download millions of pages of academic articles and other documents swartz pled not guilty to the charges which carried a sentence of up to thirty five years in prison and a one million dollar fine in the aftermath of the suicide swartz's family released

a statement blaming the prosecution the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to take his own life they said in part quote aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy it is the product of a criminal justice system right with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at mit contributed to his death unquote many of swartz's colleagues have been quoted remembering him as a genius kid brilliant and funny now at thirteen years old he designed his first web site at the age of fourteen he helped write the are a says a program that alerts users to new blog posts warts also founded demand progress in internet group that campaigns against web censorship in this. ultimately led to many people considering him something of an online robin hood but his supporters his friends his family members believe that it was him being targeted by the

federal government that caused his brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port ny an arcade. and a mr schwartz's deaths attributed an avalanche of tributes online from leading internet and like minded activists i want german m.p. from the pirate party that of tabio rinehart he believes the potential punishment the schwartz was facing for his activity was far too harsh it is completely ridiculous people are being charged with fifty thousand dollars fines for just are not into music on the internet or in swat was putting clients on the internet that should have been on the internet. a long time ago and actually j.-star. there where the fires came from said they wanted to put the fire on the internet anyway and are in swat just did a good job doing it this is the problem this case whenever it comes to intensely whenever it comes to copyright infringement then other senators other people in the

house of representatives in the united states on the same side there's no differences. there they're fighting on same side of hollywood they're actually fighting for hollywood and making the last four of them carrying a very heavy legacy that will be difficult to fill his footsteps but there are a lot of people that fight for the same goals that they will try to. to go into what's what he was fighting for and i think there's a political movement that is fighting for a free internet is the strongest now. live from moscow this is r.t. france says the u.s. and britain are providing support for its military intervention in mali to help the government regain the north from rebels parasang it's already acknowledged that the militants have turned out to be better armed than it had initially thought or the operation has raised fears of an african quagmire in a new front on the west's war on terror just as western nations emerge from the old one in afghanistan. she's standing by for us in london right now and so good to see

you today what started as basically a french led military campaign and now seems to be turning into a fully fledged intervention what exactly is the role of britain and america in this operation. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications in the just text of that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard that the u.s. is providing surveillance drones in order to track the movements of the rebels in northern mali and of course it's not just britain and the u.s. now we've heard that a number of other european countries including denmark pledging their support for the french military offensive in the region so it is growing quite quickly and by sunday we've already had hundreds of french military personnel taking part in the operation officials say that french as strikes are targeting rebel forces rebel strongholds and logistical points however human rights groups are already counting

a number of civilian casualties with three children dead since friday and of course this is quite a departure from francois loans promise to kind of step away from the very paternalistic ties that fronts used to have with former african colonies in fact through their differences with nicolas sarkozy he's been just as quick to jump into military military intervention in mali as nicolas sarkozy was jump into a military intervention in libya two years ago so a lot of political experts saying that it could be a way of trying to ratchet up his political polls and his approval ratings because apparently those have been plummeting ever since he was elected as president last year also there are many that are already saying that for him to along has jumped into this very very quickly and it's really really has escalated over the past few days as you said at least three children among at least eleven civilians being killed already here and what you mentioned

a moment ago about the colonial comparisons being made but truly what is from trying to achieve in mali. well the north of mali has been under the control of islamic militant groups that have links to al qaida for almost a year now and it's an area the size of france they've imposed shari'a law there so a stent sibly it's a response to the mali government's request for help in trying to sort of hold back these rebel advances of going further into mali but of course many experts are linking this crisis to sort of the libyan legacy and what happened in libya because the toerags people who traditionally came from northern mali they actually made up a large portion of mormon gadhafi is army in libya and also the very brisk military intervention that to topple gadhafi many of these poor exactly returned to their native northern mali they took with them a lot of weapons and a lot of gadhafi his military arsenal has kind of uncontrollably been flowing into

mali now and what we've got is actually quite a number of islamist groups in these toerags actually been taken over by other islamist jihadists but they're all. very strong now in the north of mali and lots of experts are just saying that this is a real consequence of what happened in libya all these weapons that are now being used by the rebels did come in from libya and the french have been as you said extremely surprised by just how advanced and how technologically advanced the rebels weapons are so this is just a four of what is now an international conflict and unfortunately a lot of experts are saying that if these al qaeda linked islam if groups stand together and if they sort of join forces this could turn into a much larger more protracted full of scale war than anybody sort of expected with many more civilian casualties unfortunately and paula as you say only four days

into this point and as you mentioned as well the french officials are surprised by how well arm the rebels are and indeed also as you talk. donald moments ago that a lot of the ones that were trained by the u.s. as you said defected when they were needed most taking troops guns and trucks and then you found skills basically to the enemy in the heat of battle in according to up pentagon officials that the u.s. has spent upwards of six hundred million dollars that in recent years trying to suppress the militant movement there are artists pretty boy i'm sure we'll be talking to you in the near future live in london thank you both. well for now political writer believes that france's decision to intervene in mali is not an accidental one it's also part of france's for its colonial past its great past. in west africa also in asia and the french are still not. i think that's very much part of it and also of course the economic interest there you're talking about

a country. which is twice the size of france how do you track. these rebels these different groups who know who's there is how do you deal with up with a few hundred troops in a way. intentionally. a very long. thanks for joining us here. for you in this hour no suggestions just. as we speak to both sides in the weeks old. struggle to explain what. are the parliamentary election in israel approaching people question the government's priority. hosting another large scale war that ignores the demands for change. but it's going to be a battle over austerity when the german finance minister makes the greek opposition

leader who's been holding firm against the. strategy. is expected to demand international lenders change the terms of the international bailout for greece a political analyst. says that there's still a chance for european leaders to put pressure on the opposition. mr to press strong point is that austerity is not working in greece there is no end in sight and what concerns the debt crisis and we are facing much more years of increasing debt and bailout package this and debt restructuring have not been successful in the core of the problem and moreover austerity has brought us lost in the devastation recession. extreme unemployment all kinds of social problems this weak point of mr to press in my opinion is that the position of this party is noticed everything but

yes to the euro zone as long as it has these this was this an in favor of the euro the euro zone at all costs that is where european powers especially germany can put pressure and if you. put it all waiting for you online including seek but don't find a new collection of clothes designed to hide the wearer from drones and other means of protection set to be unveiled in london soon you can go ahead to want to read how man could do to the eyes of big brother. also not just cheering crowds for the pope's prayer that's as members of the notorious ukrainian femen group stage a naked protest right in the heart of the vatican online we've got the details on what sparked the woman's discontent this time around. well it is time for a short break here on r.t. i'll be back with more of today's news in just a couple of minutes. please

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michelle soon which brightened. a song from feinstein christian. starts on t.v. dot com. three fifteen pm on monday here in moscow this is arts he there is a shaky calm and belfast where dozens of police officers were injured in the latest spate of sectarian violence over the weekend and an arrest in the northern irish capital began when the catholic dominated local council voted to cut tail the flying of the british flag at city hall the move was fiercely opposed by loyalist protestants as aussies sarah further reports there's no end in sight to the ballance with the goals rather vague on both sides of the conflict. it's been a turbulent time for northern ireland it's been six weeks now since the decision

was taken to limit the number of days of the flight city hall sparking. out on to the streets over the weekend today we saw some of the worst rioting that has taken place. we have more than twenty nine police officers that were injured at the weekend and the damage that this is doing. much much further reaching. in this area. talking to people from all sides of the debate to find out what exactly. the riot sparked by the like this speech showing no signs of abating at the weekend loyalists returning from the protest that will pass the nationalist area both sides clashing police think a bunch of attacks from loyalists his many in the nationalist community.

angry young loyalists of pulling back an old sectarian narrative a worrying sign to remember the reality of past troubles. young people why are they coming out and reacting in this way. in the run. it's a roll of the sea what's happening right now is damaging northern ireland's image

around the world can be done to stop this happening right now what would the people responsible alterations need if the people on the street. when do you think this is going to start i don't think it's going to stop at. the top of the still some calm in the form of a peace rally held on sunday and here have watched on in bewilderment some in what's been taking place they've been dubbed the embarrassed all silent majority hugo's all things of the sort of embarrassment joy to the silent majority would do is that represents to turn to a thing that is quite embarrassing here but actually countries you see in these protests see you test you see this think of belfast we think oh yes we'll have more choosing the right. like us. maybe you could say they're shuffle the good things up

and that's fair sculpture. the race is now on to come up with a solution to calm the situation before it gets any more and every riot every rock throwing and chipping away at the heart full roger. r.c. belfast. hard into the are now starting with antigovernment protesters in bahrain are reportedly clashed with police at the funeral of an activist and follows a series of demonstrations urging the current government to step down and the uprising in the gulf monarchy started an early twenty s the shiite majority began to push for greater for the. and a thousand their march on the pakistani capital after their leader voiced his discontent with the current political system islamabad has tightened security warning demonstrators of possible terror attacks some politicians claim the march

was initiated by the state's military to disrupt the polls ahead of a general election in the spring. and i jury and military claim to have captured a key figure from the islamist group boko mohammed's words reportedly caught in the country's northeast in a city believed to be the heart of the insurgent group and the government is trying to oust the islamic sect which is responsible for thousands of deaths during attacks on civilians. now major crimes committed in different parts of the world including africa and the way they handled by the i.c.c. those are the topic of a cross talk debate that's coming up a little bit later today with peter. the i c t y that only the. have been indicted and convicted and where is the. nato allies. either not being indicted or how we already know it is well the fact that someone is acquitted is not an example of the failure of impartial justice in

fact in many ways is an example of the success of impartial justice because what that indicates is simply that the prosecutor fail to make his or her case beyond a reasonable doubt at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gaddafi was indicted arrest warrants issued there's been no investigation into the crimes committed by gaddafi adversary there's been no investigation into the murder in captivity of gaddafi and there's been no investigation of the war crimes committed by nato. this is arts he israel's increasingly under fire for its settlements plan the latest wave of international criticism sparked by the forceful a vixen of

a palestinian protest camp dozens of anti settlement activists were detained after police raided the site despite an earlier court order preventing such action we talked to a palestinian man who took part in the nonviolent protests he believes the upcoming israeli election is the true motivation. when you have five hundred more than five hundred fully armed israeli soldiers. raiding villages with said before this is an arm does that by itself is violence but even within the process of invention many. activists many of those that suffered brutal beatings for no reason they did not even exist. are there but they suffered due to the things we had at least six or seven of those as and so activists treated in the hospital and a lot of them are still to see doctors for severe problems that they suffered from

the beating it's a political issue for the. the going ahead with their settlement plan. to connect violent means settlement to do so them and they don't want anything with the legal or illegal to disturb the settlement expansion. and there's a lecture that a coming of senator now has to take it off the stand off position on on this particular case meanwhile israel is hosting what's being called the largest ever multinational air force exercise more than one hundred fighter planes taking part in a combat training came just a couple of months after another large scale military jerald conducted jointly with the u.s. and with a parliamentary election just around the corner and growing number of israelis are questioning such huge expense on wargames started to fall asleep or explains its role in the united states achieving military tools because in any they've done in

the past thousands of troops and millions of dollars but with social pretenses that still need to be addressed and a point minister looking for votes ahead of early january elections israelis are asking. if netanyahu has his priorities straight. he's a couple to list and under his term as we saw in the last few years of the cleavage between poor and rich when. the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with nothing more than the clothes on his back and a tank of gasoline threatening to set himself on fire. and went over to me by the

state nothing more nothing less i sued my country as a soldier and i will stay here to the end i do not fear death i saw it in the army many times but is this what i deserve. his tears echoed the pain and abandonment people here feel the government has no time for us there is money there is a lot of money to help people like us netanyahu couldn't care less he will win again i know this. is a disgrace the prime minister netanyahu has formed committees to deal with the demands of anti austerity protesters but they complain he hasn't taken a single concrete step to address their concerns was. ok mostly i think we need to invest more in social issues house and cost of groceries and keep the security budget in proportion look at. the security of society it's more important not less

important than their security. but the voice on the street is drummed out by the bubble of weaponry and tell of obsession and showcasing its military prowess policy ati television. and i just ahead of you on the program it's a partridge our latest sporting update. what makes life complete. love and a happy family. or self-expression. a show. that seems so true. for you tonight. child.

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sports show half an hour of sporting action from across russia and the world is coming up including these top stories. high saki extravaganza alexi models are kept in the east to an eighteen point two eleven victory over a culture where the all star game in chile avon's we have all the build up a lot of traction and exclusive interviews from one of the biggest weekends in the k h l calendar. was marching on says come off go clinch their eighth straight win in the euro only with a ninety points to eighty three victory time to german champions but also baskets of the army mentality to first title since two thousand and eight. and season's meetings with moscow set to host the world athletics championships this summer several styles of track and field to down this year's campaign at the capital's indoor christmas cup. but let's start on the ice where for the

first time over two days this year's all-star game prepared to face off in the east with two russian superstars and a host of cheerleaders making their debuts robot spot on your house more. it's been a long time coming but finally the leeks cream of the crop headed east july binns one of russia's biggest industrial cities at the foot of the urals at the privilege of passing the fifth edition of the care chill all star game be conditions outside were certainly frosty short by the side this couldn't have been further from the still fans turning out there are thousands to see some of their favorite stars take to the ice in this hockey match city subsequent video you will show is a very exciting whereas poor round on the ice showing off their best skill sets and the crowd love it. it's certainly a day to remember despite the n.h.l. finally being unlocked and some russian biggest stars already back and forth the plan to do.